/)//y/.s- oj llic JIu'liiin District. 
individual on the 14th Xoxcnibci' : so ilio slatcinrnt made 
in lasl Mioiilli's iliar\- lliat li:nl (lrpar1i>il was not 
(mid' loiTi'ft 
Novi'nibrr 12. Xdtcd the lirsi lli;;hl uf Inipnial oi' i'liark-li I ir.l Sand- 
gronso (I'Irroch s <i rniiiriiis ) of Ihe si'asoii, though a, native 
Sliikari lohl iiii' h' liad sc 'u sonn' a IVw days a,i;o. A Pale 
Ilrnwn Shrikr [l.iuiiiiK ixahi llln/is ) mri with. Sonifi (locks 
of Kaslcrn Stork Hovrs {Cdliniihn evi rsmanni) were sern 
llighf iiif;' in Ihr i Ncnini;' to a i oiipli' (jf large tn standing 
a,l(nir in riillival ri'ar a small canal. [ shot a p inple and 
wlirii 1 wint 111 |iiik thi'in up a, male S])arro\vha wk (Accipi- 
Icr i/lxiis ) was lO'.ind .sitlintr on on" of them : he left at 
n]\' ap])i-oacli, lint after I had pifkcd it up and pa.sseil by 
ri'lurnrd io thi' spot and sat on th ■ irround lookini; for it. 
Vount; ready to fly in a nest cjf the Black-winged Kite 
iElnnns rdi riili }'f!) : the iicst was a rough .structure some 
3(t feet from the ground at th" eiid of a .side bongh of 
a large Kikur trei' on the canal b.ank. 
Two inciibati (1 eggs in a nest of the Indian h'iiig Dove 
{ Titrtur ri.soritis) . 
Xovembcr 13.— Twaj Black-necked Storks (Xi norhi/tichiis nsiatics) seen. 
Only four Cohniiha cvi rsmminl seen at the tr es where 
they were last night. 
To br Conlinued . 
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British Bird Calendar. 
Akhis'.u. Ali(n;.\.\Ts ix Esse.y (Spiuxi;, 1!)1.o). 
April 18. — Swalldw , Danbnry. 
„ 22 .—Chiff chaff . Maldon (10 a.m.); weather diJi, windless; ther- 
mometer 40 deg. 
,. 22 .— Pdaekcap. ^^■aI ll■y I'lace, Brentwood (2 j) .m . ) ; weather dull, 
windless; thermometer 40 deg. 
,, 24. — Bedstari. Hazideigh ((i p.m.); moderate N.E. wind. 
,, 2U. — Nightingale. Little Badlow. 
Most of these species are iate in their arrival, I'specially the 
Nightingale. Of twent\--t\vo records I have of this bird, there are 
only two later, viz.. 28-iv.-'(J3 and 2S-iv.-'0(). 
April 30. — Cuckoo, Hay.eleigh (11 a.m.); wind S.E., moderate. Of 
twenty-.six previous records this is the latest hy two 
days. G.H.R., Hazeleigh. 
April 30. — Cuckoo heard here to-da}', have not heard it reported before 
in this district. J.H.H., Ashbourne. 
